**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #654, distributed 10/09/00 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "The Broken Hearts Club" takes a slice of WeHo life to the silver screen; The fight against Oregon's "Ballot Measure Number 9" takes musical wing; U.S. Vice Presidential candidates take non-stands on marriage equality; Namibian official calls for the "elimination" of gays and lesbians, rights campaigner closes in on Sao Paulo, Brazil mayoralty, U.S. hate crimes legislation is killed again, Dr. Laura's TV show dysfunctional in Canada, and other global GLBT news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite-equipped stations and to individual subscribers *==> Weekly feeds now confirmed by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2001 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! 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[no teases this week] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Home Affairs Minister Jerry Ekandjo tells new police recruits to "eliminate" gays and lesbians "from the face of Namibia"; Marta Suplicy, Brazil's most outspoken advocate for lesbians & gays, is the leading vote-getter for mayor of Sao Paulo, the country's largest city; Republican leadership kills the hate crimes provision of a defense spending bill in a U.S. House-Senate conference committee despite bipartisan and public support, even as Ronald Gay, who said he wanted to "waste some fags", is indicted for killing Danny Overstreet and wounding 6 others in a gay-friendly Roanoke, Virginia bar; anemic ratings prompt Canadian TV stations to dump homophobic radio talker "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger's fledgling TV show; "ex-gay" poster boy John Paulk is demoted from his leadership role in "conversion therapy"-promoting Exodus International after admitting his visit to a Washington, DC gay bar was not an accident; at the annual convention of Britain's opposition Conservative Party, Tory stalwarts Michael Portillo, Stephen Norris, Gerald Howarth, Francis Maude, Baroness Young and party leader William Hague each try to bridge the gap between "tolerance & policy" while disagreeing on support for maintaining "no promo homo" Section 28, and a Tory MP candidate's suggestion for something courageous that Hague can do is a drag [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, GREG GORDON and LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and CHASE SCHULTE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for "Broken Hearts Club" and "Ballot Measure #9" features [:15] + The issue of same-gender marriage got a brief moment in the spotlight of the U.S. presidential campaign on October 5th during the one and only debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for Vice President, Connecticut Senator JOSEPH LIEBERMAN and former Bush Defense Secretary RICHARD CHENEY. Lieberman focused on his record of support for gay and lesbian rights, and while having no positive record to cite, Cheney also failed to mention his lesbian daughter Mary. And neither seemed to note that the question posed by the moderator, CNN's BERNARD SHAW, was somewhat broader than the answers they gave [4:25]. . . . 4:40 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by comic actor SCOTT THOMPSON ("Kids In The Hall", "The Larry Sanders Show") [:20] + A surprise hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival may finally be "coming soon to a theater near you". The entertaining ensemble comedy-drama about a group of gay West Hollywood friends was written and directed by GREG BERLANTI, one of the producers of TV's popular "Dawson's Creek", and boasts a cast of some of Hollywood's hottest young actors. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE had a chance to chat with Berlanti and one of his stars -- TIMOTHY OLYPHANT of "Scream" fame –- about membership in "THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB" (with clips from the film and outro music from "I Need A Man" by JULIET) [7:40] . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 SEGMENT #4 - In OREGON, one of 4 U.S. states with gay-related ballot initiatives in the November 7th general election, there's a measure to prohibit schools from "encouraging, promoting or sanctioning" homosexuality, yet another proposal sponsored by the rabidly-anti-gay Oregon Citizens Alliance. SALLY SHEKLOW, a lesbian-feminist activist based in Eugene, Oregon who performs with the group WYMPROV! got the okay to record new words to the music of a 41-year-old pop classic by Lieber & Stoller, and we've got the world radio debut of her musical call to action, "BALLOT MEASURE #9". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:05 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email "TWO" Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", "THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB" TAKES A SLICE OF WEHO LIFE TO THE SILVER SCREEN, THE FIGHT AGAINST OREGON'S "BALLOT MEASURE NUMBER 9" TAKES MUSICAL WING, AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TAKE NON-STANDS ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY. 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